12:05 Garage- ’70 Duster build
I ran at an Optima event in my charger a few years back and had issues with the car stalling out on the speed stop. Ran it about 20 times and it died on about 60% of the runs. I could sometimes feather it to keep it running but it with the big brakes it was tough. It was just an edelbrock carb with a mechanical pump so it wasn't built for it but that was one of the reasons I swapped to EFI on it. There were other cars with carbs running fine but I'm sure they had the proper setups with electric pumps.
But that day I learned a lot about how any fluid will find its way out on hard runs. So since then I've added fuel & diff vent setups, locking dipstick tubes, baffled oil pan, and oil breather setups. Just too bad they don't have the event here in northern CA anymore.
I ran at an Optima event in my charger a few years back and had issues with the car stalling out on the speed stop. Ran it about 20 times and it died on about 60% of the runs. I could sometimes feather it to keep it running but it with the big brakes it was tough. It was just an edelbrock carb with a mechanical pump so it wasn't built for it but that was one of the reasons I swapped to EFI on it. There were other cars with carbs running fine but I'm sure they had the proper setups with electric pumps.
But that day I learned a lot about how any fluid will find its way out on hard runs. So since then I've added fuel & diff vent setups, locking dipstick tubes, baffled oil pan, and oil breather setups. Just too bad they don't have the event here in northern CA anymore.